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Naomi Uemura

Born in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture in 1941, Naomi Uemura was the adventurer who achieved the world's first solo ascent of all five continental highest peaks. He also completed solo dog-sled crossings of the Arctic, among many unprecedented expeditions. In 1984, after the world's first solo winter ascent of Denali, he vanished at age forty-three. A pioneer who established 'adventure' as a life's work, he received Japan's People's Honor Award.

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